Why this ride
From Augustin it runs 216 km to Augustin; allow about 4 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului, Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană, Village of Dârjiu and Sânpaul - Cetate.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Baraolt - Véczer and Sânpaul - Cetate
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 216 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Baraolt - Véczer
In Baraolt you are more likely to hear Hungarian than Romanian. This small town lies in Covasna County, in the heart of the Székely Land, where the Székely Hungarian community has lived for centuries, with its own traditions, carved wooden gates, Calvinist and Catholic churches and a fierce sense of identity. Véczer, near Baraolt, is one of the points on the eastern frontier of Roman Dacia, where small forts and watchtowers watched over the passes through the eastern Carpathians, and it belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing for Dacia, added by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Baraolt - Véczer is where the day begins. Next is Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului.
2. Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
The Homoród valley runs south through the Székely land of Harghita county, a gentle, green valley between wooded hills, with villages of whitewashed churches and carved gates. Ocland is one of them, a small village with a fortified church, and on a hill above it stood a medieval castle, Cetatea Hășmașului, of which only traces remain. The rides that pass here connect it with the fortified churches of Transylvania, the extraordinary defensive churches built by the Saxon and Székely communities in the Middle Ages to protect themselves from Tatar and Ottoman raids.
Read the complete Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană.
3. Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Odorheiu Secuiesc is a town that answers to two names, and if you ask for directions you will probably hear the Hungarian one, Székelyudvarhely. This is the heart of Székely Land, the Hungarian-speaking corner of eastern Transylvania, and the signs, the church spires and the way people greet you all make that plain within a minute of arriving. Piatra Coțofană, the Magpie Stone, is one of the rocky heights on the hills around the town, a few kilometres out among pasture and beech woods.
Read the complete Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 51 km into the recorded legs you reach Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană. Next is Village of Dârjiu.
4. Village of Dârjiu
Dârjiu is a Székely village of around eleven hundred people in Harghita county, and at its heart stands one of the fortified churches that UNESCO lists among the Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania. Most of those villages are Saxon and Lutheran; Dârjiu is Hungarian-speaking and Unitarian, which makes it something of an odd one out and all the more interesting. A ring of thick walls and towers encloses the church, built so that villagers could shelter from raiders, and the tradition of storing smoked bacon and grain in the fortress towers lasted here long into modern times.
Read the complete Village of Dârjiu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Village of Dârjiu, about halfway. Next is Sânpaul - Cetate.
5. Sânpaul - Cetate
Sânpaul, Homoródszentpál to its Hungarian-speaking inhabitants, is a village in the Homorod valley in Harghita county, in the heart of the Székely Land of eastern Transylvania. Near the village, the Romans built a fort on the eastern edge of their province of Dacia, guarding routes through the hills from the Carpathians. The remains, now earthworks in the fields, are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024. Nearby Ocland has a medieval fortification on a hill known as Hășmaș castle.
Read the complete Sânpaul - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Sânpaul - Cetate sits at 78 km, about halfway. Next is back through Village of Dârjiu.
6. back through Village of Dârjiu
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Read the complete Village of Dârjiu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Village of Dârjiu comes up about 141 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană.
7. back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 165 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană. Next is back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului.
8. back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului, late in the day. Next is Baraolt - Véczer.
9. Baraolt - Véczer
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 216 km.
Leg by leg
Baraolt - Véczer to Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Baraolt - Véczer → Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului to Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului → Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană to Village of Dârjiu
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană → Village of Dârjiu is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Dârjiu to Sânpaul - Cetate
Village of Dârjiu → Sânpaul - Cetate is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sânpaul - Cetate to back through Village of Dârjiu
Sânpaul - Cetate → back through Village of Dârjiu is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Village of Dârjiu to back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
back through Village of Dârjiu → back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană to back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană → back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului to Baraolt - Véczer
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului → Baraolt - Véczer is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.